I travel the world, and I'm happy to say that America is still the great melting pot - maybe a chunky stew rather than a melting pot at this point, but you know what I mean.

" Though his early mature music shares much with what is normally called "minimalist" he has since evolved stylistically. ) a major addition to the cello repertory" and "deeply Romantic in spirit and at the same time deeply Baroque".

Philip Morris Glass (born January 31 1937) is an American composer and performer of contemporary classical music. Three of his film scores have been nominated for Academy Awards.